Ezekiel 26:8

“Your daughters in the field he will kill by the sword; and he will set against you a siege tower, and heap up against you a siege ramp, and raise against you a large shield.”

Ezekiel 26:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:8, word by word

Your daughtersבְּנוֹתַיִbenotayi

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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he will killיַהֲרֹגyaharog

kill

Kill, slay.

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by the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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and he will setנָתַןnatan

put

To place something somewhere.

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a siege towerדָּיֵקdayek

siege wall

Siege works: the earthwork, walls or towers an army raises around a city to shut it in and attack it (2 Kings 25:1; Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22).

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and heap upשָׁפַךְshafach

heap up

To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.

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a siege rampסֹלְלָהsolla

siege ramp

Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.

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and raiseהֵקִיםhekim

rise against

To rise against someone to attack or confront him.

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a large shieldצִנָּהtsina

large shield

A large guard covering the whole body.

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The context

7For thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am bringing against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the north, king of kings, with horses and with chariots and with horsemen, and an assembly and a numerous people.

8 · This verse (above)

9And the blow of his battering ram he will set against your walls, and your towers he will demolish with his swords.

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